Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3757, Arnold Franklin, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn.
Franklin, Arnold Lucinda
NUMBER
R. 3757
CONTENTS

Yloania 11.490
Let to C. W. Campbell July 19 '43.
Arnold Franklin
of Bradford Co. , in the State of Penn a who was a - Pr. - in the Company commanded by Captain Spaulding of the Regt commanded by Col Butler in the Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia -
2 Qs Private - $ 80.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 80 Dollars per - Cent per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of May and Secy to, 1833 Jan y 2. P. Bell Second Pa
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - 160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Apr " 40.
$ 200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. S. Sprague Clerk, Book C Vol. 5 Page 19

Arnold Franklin Towanda Bradford County Penn a
Arnold Franklin Pension
24331

Arnold Franklin
et fin Hil King
0 0 0 0 0 0

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Bradford County ss.
On the 10 th day of September 1832 Personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record held for Bradford County aforesaid Amos Franklin aged sixty seven years, resident of the Township of Towanda in the said County of Bradford, who being first duly sworn according to law doth make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, That he was born in the Township of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut the 18 th day of October 1765, that in 1779 his father with himself moved to Wyoming New Luzerne County Pennsylvania from which After the death of his father, in 1778 the 8 th day of July he was driven by the Tories & Indians, In October the same year he returned to Wyoming again, & without Enlisting Volunteered himself to do Military duty for the defence of himself & Country in a Company of Continental Troops, Commanded by Captain Simon Spalding among whom he continued to mount guard & work on the fortification then being Erected until about the month of April 1780, and occasionally afterwards when called on by those who commanded at that Place among whom were Col: Zebulon Butler a Col: in the Connecticut Line, & Col: Nathan Denison, a Militia Col: until the 9 th day of September 1781 - when he was taken prisoner by the Indians, & carried first to Niagara and afterwards to Montreal & kept until the close of the revolutionary war and got a liberty or exchanged & returned the 31 July 1783, That as he never enlisted he was never discharged - he received no pay but drew rations from October 1778 to April 1780 - he was in no particular battle but often in danger from scouting & depredating parties of Indians & as first related taken prisoner in Proof of the facts above related altho he could produce abundance of like testimony - he has selected the deposition of Samuel Gore Esq: & of William Hays, with whom he is & was at the time well acquainted
He hereby Relinquishes every claim whatever to Pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency or of any state
Sworn to & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid
Amos D Franklin
For J. M. Bell Pres E. S. Goodrich

No 24331, Arnold Franklin Bradford Pa Pennsylvania
Wm Igleas $80.-
Pensioner Towanda Pa
James P. Bullough Bradford Pa Pennsylvania

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Arnold Franklin  Bradford Co  Pennsylvania
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the
service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      Oct 1778 until April 80  until Sept 81  1781 Prisoner of War  changed in July 31st  1783 time not stated as to service  Private  Capt McSpalding  Col Buttern  Col Donison   67 years  Lebanon  Co Penn  Wanda   living witnesses for all  applicants services   
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 6. { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
John R. Ashton

State of New York Steuben County 3/3
On this seventeenth day of April one thousand eight hundred & forty three, personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Steuben Lucinda Franklin a resident of the Town of Bath, in the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843, granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Arnold Franklin who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army, was under Col Butler, and was engaged at the Massacre of Wyoming, as a Private in said Army, under the said Colonel Butler , and that the said Arnold Franklin, received a pension of Eighty dollars per year, under the act of the 7 th day of June 1833. She further declares that she was married to the said Arnold Franklin on the first day of September one thousand eight hundred & twelve, that her husband the aforesaid Arnold Franklin, died on the twentieth day of February, one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed the day Lucinda Franklin and year above written before me - 3
W m M c N o llon Justice of the Peace for Steuben County
State of New York Steuben County 3/3
I William S. M c N o llon, the Justice of the Peace before whom the above declaration is made do hereby certify that the said Lucinda Franklin is personally known to me, and that she is a person of good character and entitled to full credit and belief. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my

hand this seventeenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred & forty three -
W. S. Mulvane Justice
State of New York County of Steuben 3 p: I William Hamilton, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of the said County of Steuben, do hereby certify, that William S. Mulvane the Justice of the Peace, before and by whom the annexed declaration and the above certificate purport to have been made, was at the date thereof, and now is a Justice of the Peace of the said County of Steuben, that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his signature annexed to said declaration and certificate to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas of Steuben County, this nine- teenth day of April, One thousand eight hundred and forty three.
W. Hamilton Clerk

3757 P. O.
Service: Lucinda Franklin Wid. of Arnold
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

Lucinda Franklin, widow of Arnold, New York March 3. 1843.
Rejected - let to C.W. Campbell, July 19. 1843.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Bradford County ss.
On this 31 day of July 1832 1832 Before the subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Bradford personally came William Hieck who being duly Sworn according to Law, doth on this Oath depose and say that he knew Arnold Franklin at Wyoming about the commencement of the Winter and close of the year of 1778, or the beginning of 1779. That during that Winter he did Military duty in the Garrison principally in a Company commanded by Capt. Simon Spalding, who commanded under Col. Zebulon Butler a Continental Col., by mounting guard and attending to the Military orders of the Garrison that he continued so to do until the Spring of the Year of 1780, he remembers that the said Arnold in 1781 was taken prisoner and carried away & detained until the close of the war of the revolution.
Sworn & subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid
William Hieck
Jonathan Stevens Judge
Also on the 22 d day of August 1832 In the County aforesaid & before the Judge aforesaid Personally came Samuel Gore Esq. of the Township of Sheshequin in the County of Bradford aforesaid aged Twenty one Years who being Duly Sworn according to Law doth on his Oath depose and say that In the fall of the Year 1778 at Wyoming he was personally acquainted with Arnold Franklin who had returned to Wyoming after the Massacre at that place, that those able to bear arms, were required to do Military duty, as well for their own protection as for that of the place that the said Arnold Franklin was required & did do duty in a Continental Company commanded by Captain Simon Spalding at the Garrison & Block House until about the year 1780, when he the said A. Franklin was taken prisoner & carried away by the Indians & detained until the close of the War.
Sworn & subscribed before me the day & year aforesaid
Sam l Gore
Jonathan Stevens Judge
And the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories pre-

scribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that William Houch and Samuel Gore who have signed the preceding certificate, are resident in the county, town, and state by them certified to be their place of residence, and that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court,
J. P. Bull, Prothonotary
Bradford County ss
I, James P. Bull Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Arnold Franklin for a pension. — Witness my hand
Arnold Franklin
and official seal this 23 rd day of October Anno Domini 1832. J. P. Bull
Bradford County ss
I James P. Bull Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas as aforesaid do further certify that Jonathan Stevens before whom the foregoing application was at the date of the same an Associate Judge of said Court and that the signatures thereto annexed purporting to be his are genuine in every particular and seal of office this 8 th day of April 1833
for J. P. Bull E. S. Goodrich D.P.

618
ap 15 1843
NY, Mar 3 rd 1843, Lucinda Franklin
Arnold Franklin
11490
Edward D. [?] Somerset Penins. Washington D.C.
FREE

Bath April 19. 1843.
J. L. Edwards Esq
Dr Sir
Enclosed I transmit the application of Lucinda Franklin who I think is entitled to a Pension, and request that you will give the case as prompt attention as in in your power. She has never drawn her husband, who was a pensioner at $80 per year, having died subsequent to July 7. 1835. She drew the arrears up to his death and I suppose his certificate must now be in your Department. Her husband I think obtained his pension while living at Scranda, Pennsylvania. If the papers are insufficient, please instruct me about the drawing, when & where it is to be drawn &c. and also the power of Attorney. It is drawn at Albany, I understand the process, so not trouble you for information.
Very Respectfully
Yours &c
A. W. Campbell
J. L. Edwards Esq Washington -